Italians

He's a dangerous man with dangerous enemies In Palermo, Sicily, a city of heart-stopping beauty and intense danger, one man stands for justice. Stefano Leone is hunting one of the most dangerous men alive. He lives under armed guard, in constant danger. And then a beautiful American woman contacts him and steals his heart. Is she what she seems or has she been sent by his enemy to find his one weakness? Jamie McIntyre comes to Palermo for inspiration for her design business and loses her heart to the toughest, sexiest man she has ever met. She falls under his spell and into his bed, until Stefano's enemy strikes and she is forced to make an impossible choice. Note: This book was originally published by Ellora's Cave and is an updated and lightly re-edited version.

Hope Winston will do anything for a friend-even if it means travelling across the world to help run an English language school in Italy. When her good deed puts her life in danger, Hope is in need of protection, but she doesn't want protection from a cop. She has good reason to distrust them--so how is it that she's ended up sleeping with one? Head of the elite anti-mafia squad, Capitano Franco Rivera finds the gorgeous American delectable but dangerous. He feels compelled to protect her, even though she can't seem to stop stirring up trouble. Hope needs a keeper and Franco is just the man to keep her…in his bed.